In a movie is about as far away from cheerful popcorn viewing as you can get, we see Jake Gyllenhaal and Cary Mulligan star as a couple whose marriage unravels before the eyes of their son.

Life is not a second coming of horror films nor the smartest film you’re going to see this year, but nonetheless will keep you enthralled throughout its journey and leave you gasping for air at all the right moments.

It was a critical and cult hit that never quite found a way into the hearts of cinema goers, but director Richard Kelly would still like to see a sequel for the film one day.

I’m not sure who decided that writer-director David Ayer should be the unofficial mouthpiece of the Los Angeles Police Dept., but with Dark Blue, Harsh Times, Street Kings, and Training Day under his belt, it looks like he’s found something he enjoys doing and he’s sticking to it. Some might throw the dreaded “one trick pony” accusation around, but if End of Watch, his …

It’s amazing how much difference two trailers make. I saw the poster for End of Watch about three months ago and the sum total of my thoughts was “Jake Gyllenhall, Michael Pena and the guy who wrote Training Day and directed Street Kings. Could be interesting.” Then the first trailer dropped, and suddenly I started paying attention. Then there was the Comic-Con …

They say you should always go with what you’re good at, and after writer/director David Ayer’s screenplay for Training Day set the platform for Denzel Washington’s first Academy Award win, he’s once again returning to Los Angeles for another gritty cop story, just like he did with Dark Blue, Harsh Times and Street Kings. (Well to be fair, he also did S.W.A.T …